Autographic register.



E. J. BARKER. AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 17, 1909.

' Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

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E. J. BARKER.

AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILEDMAY 11,1909.

1,046,719. Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

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ENGLAND J. BARKER, 0F MORGAN PARK, ILLINOIS.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

Application filed. May 17, 1909. Serial No. 496,336.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENGLAND J. BARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Morgan Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates more particularly to autographic registers, and especiallythat type of registers wherein strips of record paper are threaded through the device and have strips of manifolding material inserted transversely between the same. Heretoforo in the construction of such types of registers, little or no provision has been made to permit the registers to be used in an interchangeable manner; that is, to be faced with either end edge or with either longitudinal edge nearest the writer. As a result, heretofore the register had to be used in but one fixed position.

It is the object, therefore, of my invention to provide an autographic register with a top-plate of suflicient border area around the sides and ends of the opening through which the record paper is exposed for writing purposes, to provide suitable rests for the hand of the writer, no matter in what position, endwise or lengthwise it is presented to him.

It is also the object of my invention to provide suitable integral means on the topplate whereby the manifolding material may be journaled along one longitudinal side edge of the body or frame under such a topplate and be torn off, as needed, from the opposite longitudinal edge thereof, and to form a protection for said roll of manifolding material. This I accomplish by the means and in the manner substantially as hereinafter described and as more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved autographic register. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section thereof, taken on dotted line 22, Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation of the front end portion of one of the longitudinal sides, illustrating certain details of construc- 4 is a perspective detail view of the front edge of the writing plate or bed of the device, showing the removable hand rest disassembled and separated from the same. Fig. 5 is a detall fragmentary view ister.

of the latch for retaining the top or cover of the device in locked or closed position.

Referring to the drawings, A represent-s a suitable base, and B, B, the vertically disposed side plates that are secured thereto along their lower longitudinal edge. Attached to the upper longitudinal edges of these side-plates is the suitable horizontally disposed writing-bed or platen C of the reg- These side-plates and platen are, preferably, made of metal, and the front edge of the latter extends a slight distance beyond the vertical plane of the end of the side-plates, and the overhang thereof is prorecess 0 the free as will vided with a cut-away portion or to assist the operator in grasping edge of the strips of record paper, hereinafter more fully appear.

On each side of the recess a the platen is preferably provided with a: narrow transverse elongated slot I, I, which are adapted to receive and have seated therein the extended L-shaped lugs 71, i, that project downwardly and outwardly from the edge of a suitable supplemental-plate or rest J of substantially rectangular shape. This supplemental rest also has a suitable recess j cut in the edge thereof alining and communicating with the recess in the edge of the platen, for the purpose of facilitating the withdrawal of the record strip when said rest is mounted in position, and the width of said supplemental rest and its shape is such that it forms an agreeable looking and a practically unbroken removable extension of said platen, as will be seen from the drawings. Suitable bearings D, D, are provided in the sideplates B, B, for the journals of the roll of paper d commonly known as the recordstrip, according to the needs of the machine. The record-strip after'leaving the roll is threaded through the machine so that it passes over the platen where it is inserted under a suitable transverse retaining-bar b, bridging over said platen from side-edge to side-edge, and then under a suitable cutterv or straightedge E, by which it is clamped. This cutter-edge E, preferably extends across the width of the register and has its ends turned 7 downwardly to form lugs that are mounted on suitable pivotal screws. A suitable handle e is provided for this cutter that projects forward from the same instead of rearwardly as formerly, and this handle has its and may be of any number desired, j

end flattened horizontally and slightly convexed, so as not to interfere with the hand when writing, and to practically elongate the width of the hand rest at this point to conform to the width of the platen. WVhen said handle is raised the record-strip retained between the cutter edge and the platen will be released. In order to keep said cutting-edge in contact with the platen, the journal-screws are, preferably, tapped into a suitable connecting-bar m that is provided with a coiled spring or other spring operated means suitable for this purpose.

' Mounted, preferably, on the left side-plate B of the register, and near each end thereof,

are a pair of springeplates or brackets f, 7, each of which are provided near their centers with stamped out journaling bosses adapted to journal the ends of a small roll of manifolding material F, that is passed transversely across the platen C in the manner shown in Fig.2 of the drawings, between the recordstrips thereon. In order to retain the record-strips fiat upon said platen, and also for the purpose of providing a suitable .hand rest for the operator on three sides of the register, I employ a suitably constructed cover-plate G, which, is, preferably, made of sheet metal stamped out in the shape indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The central portion 9 of said top-plate is cut-away to provide the usual openin through which the record-strip is exposed upon; the rear edge thereof projects almost to the rearof the register, while the forward edge fits up close to the retaining-bar The longitudinal side-portions of the cover are preferably increased in width on each side .of said opening so as to form overhanging wings, the wing on the left side thereof completely covering the roll of carbon paper, and the wing on the right side being made of practically the same dimensions.

The longitudinal edge of the right wing is,

preferably, provided with a cutting edge 9', and a series of impaling pins 9 project downward from the under surface thereof, that are adapted to pierce and retain the edge of the manifolding material and prevent the same from slipping while being cut off or torn. The central portion of the right wing is. preferably provided with a small finger opening H near its edge that is adapted to be used to withdraw the manifolding material by placing a finger on each side thereof and grasping the material through said opening and pulling the same out, the pins 9 being so short that the material will be readily disengaged therefrom.

The entire cover plate G is hinged so as to lift sidewise from the platen by lmeans of turned lugs, h,.that are pivotally secured to brackets h. projecting from the contiguous edge of the side-plate. This permits the cover-plate to "be raised either for the pur to be written ing material therethrough or otherwise.

After said manifolding material has been inserted between the record strips, it is passed to and caught upon said impaling pins, and when the cover-plate is raised will not be interfered with or pinched by the pivota'l lugs, and prevented from being grasped by the hand of the operator and drawn out. After this is done the cover-plate is lowered and locked and the end of the manifolding material which has been thus pulled beyond the edge of the cutter 9 may be torn oif. If desired the manifolding material may afterward be withdrawn and torn off without raising the cover-plate by simply grasping the same above and below the plate through the opening H, as hereinbefore described.

From the above it will be evident that ample surface is provided on all four sides of the cover-plate of the register for the operator to rest hishand and write, no matter in what position or along what side of the register he may stand, and thus make the autographic feature of this register interchangeable. 7

Suitable means may be provided to lock the cover-plate when it is lowered upon the platen, as for example a spring latch plate K may be secured to the longitudinal edge thereof, opposite its hinge, the downwardly extending spur of which engages a suitable recess made in the adjacent portion of the side-plate, substantially as shown in Fig. '5

.of the drawings.

What I claim as new is:

,1. The combination with an autographic register, having a platen that projects beyond the front end thereof and is provided with extensions, of a hand-rest consisting of an extension plate removably secured to said platen extensions.

2. The combination with an autographic register, having afplaten that projects beyond the front end thereof and is provided with a recess, of a hand rest secured to the front edge of said platen and provided with a recess in alinement with the recess in said platen. I

3. The combination'with an autographic register, having a platen that projects beyond the front end thereof and is provided 7 with a recess, and a hand-rest removably secured to the front edge of said platen and is provided with a recess in alinement with said first-mentioned recess. 7

4. The combination with an autographic register, vhavinga platen that projects beyond the front end thereof and is provided with a recess, of a hand-rest consisting of an extension plate secured to one end of said platen and provided with av recess in aline ment with said first-mentioned recess.

5. The combination with an autographic sides of said register, and a cutter the hanregister, having a platen that projects bedle of which projects beyond the end of said yond the front end thereof and is provided register, of a hand-rest consisting of an exwith a recess, of a hand-rest consisting of tension plate secured to the end of said regan extension plate removably secured to one ister adjacent said cutter and having the end of said platen and provided with a reedge next said register shaped to substancess in alinement with said first-mentioned tially conform to the contour thereof. recess. 9. The combination with an autographic 6. The combination with an autographic register having a hinged cover-plate the register having a hinged cover-plate the edges of which project beyond three of the edges of which project beyond three of the sides of said register, and a cutter the hansides of said register, and a cutter the handle of which projects beyond the end of the dle of which is in the same horizontal plane register, of a hand-rest consisting of an exwith said cover-plate, of a hand-rest consisttension plate removably secured to the end ing of an extension plate secured to the end of said register adjacent said cutter and havof said register adjacent said cutter. ing the edge next said register shaped to 7 The combination with an autographic substantially conform to the contour thereof.

register having a hinged cover-plate the 10. The combination with an autographlc edges of which project beyond three of the register, of an integral cover plate hinged sides of said register, and a cutter the hannear its edge to lugs projecting from one dle of which is in the same horizontal plane side wall of said register and provided with with said cover-plate, of a hand-rest consista cutting edge adjacent to said hinged edge.

ing of an extension plate removably secured In witness whereof I have hereunto set to the end of said register adjacent said my hand this 8th day of May, 1909.

cutter. ENGLAND J. BARKER.

8. The combination with an autographic Witnesses:

register having a hinged cover-plate the FRANK D. THOMASON,

edges of which project beyond three of the E. K. LUNDY.

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